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Show \LAST LAST \ I.AST IAST LAST . OF THE 600Although 600 600Although Although the famous charge of the Light Brigade at BalakImmortahzed'b Balakimmortahzed Balak- Balak Balakimmortalized'bv - , immortalized'bv immortalizedbv Immortahzed'b Immortahzedb immortahzed ' ' by Tenn Tennyson ) son on , occured 78 years ago , on October 1854 , the last survivor survl\or survl or survrvor \ of that "gallant gallant " six hundred " died only ntl ntb ntly onlyntb onlyntl onlyntly ntbHe ntlyHe ) Heas He \ was \\as as : Edwin Idwm Hughes , a sergeant major , who until unnl his Ius death deathiv deathi 1\ 1 1ed i \ ; ed e(1 e1 ( assistance from a special fund raised for v \ ' . eterans of that thatIC thatis thatic IC is charge , WhIChas which \ was \\as as an incident of the Crimean Crlmean War , in m h inh mh Tuikey Tulkey Turkey , , with aid fiom flom from England , , France and Sardinia , , de- de deed deed de deed - - ed Russia RusS1a RusS1aThe RussiaThe RussiaThe cavalrymenged The Light Brigade composedof composed of 673 Butish British cavalr'men cavalrmen cavalrymen ) ' , , ged the Russian field artillery 0el o ov 0\ 0 \ ei el er a distance of a mile m1le and a andlosing losing 247 men and 497 horses 20 dony downy in 111 minutes mmutes They cut do\\n do n down dow \ n y dis-r dis r d1sr disr of the Russian Russlan gunnels gunners , , but \ were ere forced to retreat in 111 d1s- d1s dis - - r howand Their Their dashing dashmg exploit laised lalsed raised the mOl moiale morale ale of the allies , how how- how - - , RussiansA and diminished dlmlmshed that of the Russians A fe few " day da ) s later , at the battle of Inkerman on November 5 , ) British BntIsh held 50,000 50000 , Russians at bay in 111 a hand to hand con con- con - - afterfli afterar'b aftear's until conuntil * ' the tiench hench 1rench armed and routed the enemy . Then , , afte after r fli ar'b arb ar's ars ' * Saftff & dstWTtr l liAl iAl Al H- H Hw * Sleg siege ! ? , durmg during which \ sv hICh the allIes - suffered - untold - - hardships - - hardshipsgreat , great fort of Sevastopol was evacuated _ , by _ the thb , : . Russl'ms Russlms Russrlns ' and . andwar --w w - - v uu * * u & .1AV4 1AV4 war .1AV4war NIghtIe " was "as as ended It " was "as as during durmg this siege that Florence Night NIght- - ie hospitalsThus oiganized Olgamzed organized the first nursing nur51ng S\ S s system Sstem \ stem in military mlhtary hospItals Thus , wh while whe e the charge of the JLiight LIght Brigade vvas was ras unsuccessras unsuccess- unsuccess unsuccessuw - . It unsuccessit nas was a mOl moral 11 < vIctory wh1ch which probably turned the tIde of nst warnst the forces of the Czar It _ , "as as was " . . a stIrrmg stirring war that thatm thatin uw- uw - * * * memory in m uwin IIughes Hughes earned carned carried carnedwIth carriedwith with him h1m during dunng his long life hfe - |
